Investing in new panels or replacing plain with opaque wasn't an option. Hanging mini curtains on the inside wasn't my style. After some intense pinteresting, I found this cheap, but effective solution that allowed me to add a bit of my creative energy into our home.
What You Need
Clear Contact Sheet
Scissors
Tape Measure
Paint Pen
Here's how
Measure your side panels or any window you are looking to create privacy / obstruct plain view into your home
Cut contact sheet to this size. Cut as many as you need.
Use a paint pen to draw any designe of your choice on the non adhesive side ! Not much of an artist? Simply stencil it!
As you can see, some of the best looking panels are the simple squiggly lines that even a toddler can do!
Mix and match as you please and decide where you want each of the panels to go.
Now comes the hard part!
Letting the contact sheet stick to the window without air bubbles requires a little more skill than laying a screen protector on an iPhone. Find something sturdy like a thick bound book that is more or less the same size as the panel. Unrolling the sheets along the longer edge worked best for us (best to use help while doing this) i.e left to right in these pictures rather than top to bottom.
We chose to stick these such that the design side faced inside the house rather than the outside. I think this will extend the life of your handy work by protecting it from nature's fury (sun, rain, snow)
You can still see the design from outside, it will just be inverted. So be mindful to not use any text in your design.
Hope this is useful!
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